Human Rights Economies and Subnational Governance : Theory and Practice

This book examines the understudied area of subnational human rights and the human rights economy.

Against the context of increasing economic and political power of local level governments – both cities and subnational regions – this interdisciplinary volume provides a crucial examination of economic policies that are grounded in human rights principles and obligations while being implemented in the places people live. Policies which promote economic justice and prosperity present many opportunities and challenges, and this book proposes ways in which local economic policies can respect, protect, and fulfil human rights, with positive multiplier effects at the national and global levels.

This book will be of keen interest to scholars, students, and practitioners in human rights, economics, law, development, and urban studies; as well as professionals and policymakers involved in local economic development planning and the implementation of human rights norms.

Savitri Bisnath is Senior Director of Global Policy at the Institute of Race, Power and Political Economy at the New School, USA.

Morten Kjaerum is Adjunct Professor at the University of Aalborg, Denmark, and Affiliated Scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI), Sweden.

Martha F. Davis is Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-director of the Center on Global Law & Justice at Northeastern University, USA. She is an affiliated scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Sweden.